Dietary intake of athletes seeking nutrition advice at a major international competition

Sarah J Burkhart; Fiona Pelly

doi:10.3390/nu8100638

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Dietary intake of athletes seeking nutrition advice at a major international competition

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Dietary intake of athletes seeking nutrition advice at a major international competition

Sarah J Burkhart and Fiona Pelly

Nutrients, Vol.8(10), 638

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu8100638

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dietary intake

athlete

international competition

International travel and short-term residence overseas is now a common feature of an elite athlete's competition schedule, however, food choice away from home may be challenging and potentially impact on performance. Guidelines for dietary intake specific to competition exist for athletes, however, there is little evidence available to ascertain if athletes meet these recommendations during competition periods, particularly when food is provided in-house. During the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, dietitians based in the dining hall recorded 24 h dietary recalls with all athletes who visited the nutrition kiosk. Analysis of dietary intake was conducted with FoodWorks (Xyris Pty Ltd., Brisbane, Australia). Overall, athletes reported consuming a median total daily energy intake of 8674 kJ (range 2384-18,009 kJ), with carbohydrate within the range of 1.0-9.0 g per kg of bodyweight (g/kg) (median = 3.8) and contributing to 50% total energy (TE) (range 14%-79%). Protein and fat intake ranged from 0.3-4.0 g/kg (median = 1.7) to 10-138 g (median = 67 g), and contributed to 21% TE (range 8%-48%) and 24% TE (range 8%-44%), respectively. Athletes reported consuming between 4 and 29 different food items (median = 15) in the previous 24 h period, with predominately discretionary, grains/cereals, meats, poultry, fish, eggs, and meat alternative items. This suggests that dairy, fruit, and vegetable intake may be suboptimal and intake of the micronutrients iron, zinc, calcium, and vitamins A and C may be of concern for a number of athletes.

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Title: Dietary intake of athletes seeking nutrition advice at a major international competition
Authors: Sarah J Burkhart (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Fiona Pelly (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Publication details: Nutrients, Vol.8(10), 638; 14
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.3390/nu8100638
ISSN: 2072-6643
Copyright note: Copyright © 2016 The Authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (CC BY 4.0)
Organisation Unit: Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health - Nutrition & Dietetics; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450928002621
Output Type: Journal article

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